Self-shaking dust mop



Jan. 4, 1938. c, og 2,104,614

SELF SHAKING DUST. MOP

Filed March 5, 1957 Patented Jan. 4, 1938 'l" d ATENT :eOFFl CE SELF-SHAKING DUST MOP John C. Finfrock, Kansas City, Mo.

Application March 5, 1937, Serial No. 129,273

1 Claim. (01. 1514'1) The invention relates to a self shaking dust same and the said prongs as clearly illustrated mop. in Figs 2 and 3 or" the drawing. The fibrous mop The object of the present invention is to imhead may be constructed of any suitable mateprove the construction of dust mops and to prorial and it consists of the said binding element 3 vide a simple, practical and efficient self-shaking and twisted strands 5. The marginal binding attachment for dust mops of strong, durable and member extends around the marginal portion of comparatively inexpensive construction for pivthe approximately triangular plate I and its terotally connecting a mop head with a mop handle minals which are located at the inner or rear edge and for operating the mop to swing the mop head of the plate I centrally of said edge are adjust- UNITED ST from the under side of the handle to the upper ably and detachably connected by a strap 6 10 side of the same and back again with a jarring riveted or otherwise secured to one of the teraction suflicient to shake from the mop head dust minals of the binding element 3 and detachably and other accumulation. engaging a buckle l suitably secured to the other A further object of the invention is to arrange end of the binding member. While a strap and the pivotal connection between the mop head and buckle connection is illustrated in the drawing 15 the handle so that when the mop head is: swung any other suitable means may of course be emby the operating mechanism to the upper side plcyed for detachably securing the fibrous mop of the handle it will swing downwardly automatihead proper to the plate I. The fibrous mop cally by gravity to the under side of the handle head may be readily removed for washing, re-

thereby simplifying and increasing the ease of 'newal or repair. 20 operation of the mop to clean the mop head. The plate is provided at or near its central With these and other objects in view, the inportion with a pair of longitudinally disposed vention consists in the construction and novel bearing brackets 8 consisting preferably of spaced combination and arrangement of parts hereinangle plates riveted or otherwise secured to the after fully described, illustrated in the accomplate I and extending upwardly from the upper panying drawing and pointed out in the claims face of the said plate I and receiving between hereto appended, it being understood that varthem an eye 9 of a shank ID of a mop handle II ious changes in the form, proportion and dewhich is pivotally connected with the plate by tails of construction, within the scope of the means of a transverse rivet l2 or other suitable claim, may be resorted to without departing pivot which passes through the eye 9 and pierces 30 from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advanthe projecting flanges or portions of the bearing tages of the invention. brackets adjacent the front ends of the same as In the drawing: clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing. Fig. l is a perspective view of a dust mop con- The shank H] has a slight downward curve to off- :15 structed in accordance with this invention. set the eye 9 from the central longitudinal axis of 5 Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the the handle. This permits the rear portions of the same on a slightly enlarged scale, the handle and brackets to swin beneath the h nd e Which is the operating rod being broken away. reinforced at its front end by a suitable ferrule 13.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on The rear portions of the bearing brackets rethe line 3-3 of Fig. 2. ceive between them an eye M of an operating rod 40 Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the pivotl5 located beneath and extending along the mop ally nted plate, handle H and passing through a guide eye Hi In the accompanying drawing in which is ilthereof. The operating rod is provided in adlustrated the preferred embodiment of the invenvance of the eye with a depending loop I? formtion the self-shaking dust mop comprises in its ing a grip or handle and its rear end is bent at 45 construction an approximately triangular plate an angle in rear of the eye It to form a stop lug I constructed of sheet metal or other suitable IS. The mop handle may be held in either hand material and tapered forwardly or outwardly and the other hand grasps the grip ll of the opand provided adjacent its corners with upwardly erating rod and moves the same outwardly to projecting outwardly extending approximately swing the plate and the mop head from the under hook shaped prongs 2 formed integral with the side of the mop handle to the upper side thereof plate I and struck up from the plate and spaced when the force of gravity will tend to swing the from the marginal edge of the plate to permit plate and the mop head downwardly thereby asa marginal binding element 3 of a fibrous mop sisting the operator in shaking the mop to remove .3 head 4 to be arranged on the plate between the dust and other accumulation from the fibrous end with said plate at the upper face thereof and provided with a guide, and an operating rod also pivotally connected with the plate at a point spaced from the pivotal connection of the mop handle and extending through the guide of the same and provided in advance of the guide with a projecting loop forming a hand grip, said operating rod being bent in rear of the guide to form a. stop lug.

JOHN C. FINFROCK. 

